Improvement in clothes-racks



5 DANiEL MILLER.

Improvement in 'Clothes Racks.

No. 121,953. 7 Patented Dec-19,1871.

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DANIEL MILLER, OF MARIETTA, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND JACOB MILLER,OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN CLOTHES-RACKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 121,953, dated December19, 1871.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL MILLER, of Marietta, in the county ofWashington and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Clothes-Rack; and I do hereby declare that the following is a fulland exact description of the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

This invention relates to that class of clothesracks which are providedwith removable arms; and consists of certain details of constructionwhich will be fully described hereinafter.

In the drawing, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my improvedclothes-rack, and Fig. 2, a sectional elevation of the same.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willnow proceed to describe fully its construction and manner of operation.

The rack may be generally described as follows: A back-board is providedwith a projecting top piece, and also at each end with side piecesextending out from the back-board and supporting a front bar preferablyprovided with recesses. The upper edge of the front bar is located belowthe lower surface of the projecting top piece of the back-board asuflicient distance to permit the arms of the clothes-rack, when placedin position, to lie in a horizontal position, the arms being held by thefrontbar and the projecting top piece. To prevent accidentaldisplacement the arms are provided with a pin at their rear ends.

A represents the back-board of the rack, to the ends of which areattached side pieces a a and to the top a projecting piece, a, as shown.To

the end pieces are attached a strip or bar, b, preferably provided withrecesses or notches b l). O (J represent the arms for supporting theclothes, which consist of any proper strips or bars, having upon theirouter ends pins cc above and below, and upon their inner ends pins 0 asshown. The extreme inner ends are slightly curved, as shown. The arms,when in position, rest upon the bar I); their rear ends being held bythe projecting portion of the top-piece a, as shown, the pin 0 servingto prevent them from being accidentally displaced. When the arms are notin use they may be either all removed to one end or be hung in avertical position by raising their outer ends and lettingthem slipthrough the opening between the back-board and the bar 12, until theyare caught by the pins upon their outer ends. These arms may be adjustedupon the front bar to rest in any desired position.

The rack, as a whole, is suspended in any suitable manner from the wall.It can be produced at a very small cost and it is well adapted for thepurpose for which it is intended.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The rack described, consisting of the parts A a a, b, in combinationwith the arms 0 havingthe pins 0 0 0 as and for the purpose set forth.

This specification signed and witnessed this 4th day of November, 1871.

DANIEL MILLER.

Witnesses:

W. H. J oHNsoN, A. F. WARD.

